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Egle is a Counselling Psychologist, EMDR Therapist, and MBT Practitioner with a background in NHS specialist psychotherapy services and private practice.

At the heart of Egle's work is the belief that psychological suffering does not arise in isolation but develops within the context of our relationships, life experiences, and the meanings we make of them. Many people seek therapy when they feel overwhelmed, stuck, disconnected, or alone with experiences that have become difficult to bear.

Egle believes that many emotional difficulties become increasingly painful when they are faced in isolation. Human beings naturally seek understanding, connection, and a sense of belonging. When important experiences cannot be shared, understood, or responded to by others, people can be left feeling alone with their distress. A central aim of therapy is therefore to create a space where difficult experiences can be explored together, understood more deeply, and held within a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship.

Egle aims to offer a therapeutic relationship in which clients feel deeply listened to, emotionally understood, and accepted. She believes that change often begins when experiences that have been carried alone can finally find a place where they can be shared, reflected upon, and made sense of in the presence of another person.

Her approach is relational, trauma-informed, and attachment-focused. Rather than asking "What is wrong with you?", Egle is interested in understanding what has happened to you, how you have experienced it, and how your ways of coping may have emerged as understandable attempts to navigate life's challenges. She views symptoms not simply as problems to be removed, but as meaningful expressions of experiences that deserve curiosity, compassion, and understanding.

Her work draws on Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), EMDR, psychodynamic and relational psychotherapy, attachment theory, and contemporary approaches to trauma and dissociation. She works with adults experiencing a wide range of difficulties, including trauma, relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, emotional regulation difficulties, grief and loss, life transitions, and questions of identity, meaning, and belonging.